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Is a head CT necessary after uncomplicated coiling of unruptured intracranial aneuryms?
Mouhammad A Jumaa1, Amin Aghaebrahim, Syed F Zaidi
1UPMC Stroke Institute, Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA.
Unlabelled:
In this study, we sought to determine whether routine head computed tomographies (CTs) after uncomplicated coil embolization of intracranial aneurysms can add any significant clinical value.
Methods:
We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 139 patients with unruptured aneurysms who underwent 150 elective coiling procedures between January 2008 and June 2010. A total of 6 head CTs were obtained emergently after intraprocedural complications and 122 head CTs were obtained routinely after uncomplicated coil embolization of intracranial aneurysms.
Results:
The 122 head CTs that were obtained routinely after uncomplicated coil embolization of unruptured intracranial aneurysms did not show any acute or subacute changes.
Conclusion:
A head CT after uncomplicated coil embolization of an intracranial aneurysm does not add any significant clinical value and should not be ordered routinely.
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